The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 23, 1925, Page 5

pit) fiscy SBE ergata” % ti, Pa CARNEGIE STEEL ae _. -< THE DAIL¥=WORKER , |CALIFORNIA LABOR FAKERS ‘ASK |FARRINGTON’S FAT DRIVES WORKERS MAD WITH SPEED Old: Sleves. Scrammed After Life of Toil By THOMAS (Worker Correspondent) PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 21.—Per- haps it is the growing unemployment situation which makes the usual ter- rible conditions in the Carnegie Steel mills worse today’than ever before, The bosses are getting more brutal and arrogant than has been known in the history. of these mills. Men are forced and driven like dogs. The bosses do not need a stick, or whip as they have a good whip, in that if a man does not do what he is told heis. immediately | fired. They are ‘glad ofthe chance to fire a worker as they do not have to lay so many off! the more they fire the better their records look: Old SJaves Dumped On Scraps Heap At the present time they are laying off men who haye been working for , NO RAISE IN WAGES AND UNITE WITH REAL ESTATE SHARK RULE By L. Pp. Los ‘diate Cal., RINDAL, July 21—Brother A. W, Muir, A. E. Woolwerton and M B®. Richardson, representing the Los Angeles county building trades council, went to Santa Barbara “immediately” after the news of the earth- quake They were instructed to ascertain the needs of the building trades mechanics of Santa Barbara and offer assitance, Thru the “courtesy” of @ police commissioner they were “permitted” to enter the city. They were also “assisted” and made a “complete investigation.” And now they are “greatly indebted to Police Commissioner Foss of Los Angeles and to the Santa Barbara police depart: ment.” Only one brother,’ ‘Tom Mathews, Lathers, was killed. Several members siaffered injuries. No Build: ing trades men needed at present.” All work stopped—except cleaning’ ‘up wreckage. Baer “Arrangements have been «made with the chamber of commerce: atd builders’ associations to employy aH Dien ‘thru a central employment serv iée, which will be. established: vand maintained under’ direction of the Santa Barbara county building trades council.” This they call a “level headed ‘agreement policy” which have been practiced in Santa Barbara for years. “Curiosity seekers and job hunters stay away,” ends the message. (This is the essence of an article twenty years without a break but now|!2 the Southern California Labor they are too old they are not needed anymore, and besides in a few years they would have to be pensioned. One case in particular is that of an old worker who worked for twenty-two years. During the first fifteen years he claims that he never lost a day's work, but was there every day, Sun- day included. He is now laid off and @ young fellow hired instead. In the molding section over three fourths of the force have been laid off. The brunt has: fallen’on the older men, as the only men who have been kept on are the young men who are strong and able to keep up the terrific pace set in this section. It is all Piece work and there is a time set on every job. Having some friends in there f walked in to speak to them for a few minutes but they had no time, they could not take a minute to speak to one another. Unemployment Rife Unemployment and short time aro the main features here at the Present | time. Most of the mills are shut down, only the repair sections are working full time. But the worst part of it is they still keep the men in subjection even tho there is no work. In the splice bar section the workers have had to report every day for the last three weeks in the hope of getting a job, but have been sent home every day. The same applies to every other Section. Those that. work are.forced. ‘to do triple the work they used to do. A few of the young men quit, as, thpy claimed they would sooner starve than be worked to death. Young work- ers are forced so much that {hey seo no joy in living, they almost qj] take to strong drink to ease their minds from the terrible strain that is im- posed on them. Jugo-Slavia and Italy Sign Treaty.’ NETTUNO, Italy, July 21.—Thirty- two agreements concluded between Ttaly and Jugo-Slavia at the recent com ference in Venice have been signed here. Mussolini signed for Italy. The port of Fiume is used equally by the two countries. ° Press, the carpenters’ organ, July 2, 19265.) No Raise in Wages in Santa Barbara During Rebuilding. “Santa Barbara, July 1—By un- animous vote at a special meeting of the Santa Barbara county building trades council last night a resolution was adopted declaring that no in- crease in wages will be inaugurated by any union affiliated! with the coun- cil during the reconstruction period, regardless of the length of time it takes to rebuild the city. The council also declared that every affiliated union in the city will co-operate in speedily restoring Santa Barbara .. “Building trades mechanics are asked to keep away until notified to ‘éome, as much work must be done be- fore*'actual building proceeds. All building trades councils thruout the State will be notified when men are ‘fteeded; and when they come here they will be employed thru this council—-A. G. Gilson, secretary- treasurer of the State Building Trades ‘Council of California, attended this meeting‘and ‘congratulated’ said coun- cil upon its attitude.” (Labor Press, July 3, 1925.) ‘These two extracts from the local organ,of the carpenters shows five things: First, yellow submission to po- lice authority; second, collaboration with bosses; third, agreement in ad- vance’ not to ask for higher wages; fourth, that both the Los Angeles county organization “and the state body .of the building trades are in complete accord with the “level- headedness” of Santa Barabara union- ists; Hesse that all these bodies are Sear] elis—badly cracked at that— ne comés to giving information concerning the sufferings, etc., among thousands of conscripted slaves— working day and night and injured right and left—during the quake, “These collaborators are (also in ‘this*respect) working hand in hand «with organizations of the master class, whose interests demand to keep every- thing.of this nature under cover and, therefore, out out from the news- papers. Real estate values might go down if the real truth about this OUR DAILY PATTERNS NEW ROMPERS FOR THE SMALL CHILD 5167. "This little jumper model has a@ separate Gu! -and outstanding | pockets, which will please the little wearer because so many things may be stowed therein. The design is ex- cellent for wash material as well aa for flannel and jersey weaves. See The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 2, 3, 4 and 5 years. A 4 year size requires 1% -yard- of 27 inch: material for the Guimpe if made with long sleeves, or 1% yard if made with short sleeves. The rompers require 1% yard, ee NOTICE TO PATTERN et Spe 0 iat Wr, Ce A thru fh par) ern departme: - nished by a New York firm of pat manufacturers. Orders are forwarded by the DAILY WORKER every Gay 08 re: nracturer ¢ customer The 8 5 ALLY *wonkEn, a Pa stocke batty it tems ordinarily will take at least 10 days the order, me Impatient {f your pattern is ssf mailed to any address on teceipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Getting a DAILY WORKER sub-or--two- will make a better Communist of you. : ‘ ? | 34-36; Medium, 38-40; Larg A PRACTICABLE “SLIP” OR “UNDER DRESS” 5152 This style is very serviceable for wearing under Tunic Blouses or with an “ensemble” coat. ‘The facing may be omitted. ‘The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: Small, 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust meas: ure. A medium size will require 3% yards of 32 inch material without the facing, and 4% yards with the facing. ‘Width of slip at the foot is 1% yard. FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send 12c in silver or stamps for ou FU tenn ge 8 enon and Maret 4 ios Rea mi terns, & con: cise and fritid dy le on dress. making, sito some pointe. forthe needle atitenen), 5 ees isto. the boms wtitel a dresunaker, -”| was once found guilty of murder but the lumber company for which he — “rebellious” quake zone was told, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER STORY YET TO BE TOLD. Peace Report. While industrial “peace-making” (in favor of property owners) is the or- der of the day on the main land, Scharrenberg, secretary-treasurer of the California State Federation of La- bor, is attending a conference at the institute of pacific relations in Hono- Inlu, Hawaii. The idea is that of try- ing .to pull the ‘chestnuts out of the fire for the hard pressed imperialists “non a world-wide scale. “The federa- tion’s secretary reports a pleasant yoyage to the home of ukulele” (what- ever that is) “and other things,” says the Labor Press. A great peace re- port, indeed, : WHIP SLAYER IS FREED OF DEATH OF CONVICT BOY JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July 21— John Higginbottom “whipping boss” for one of the biggest lumber com- panies in this state has at last been freed of the charge of having mur- dered Martin Tabert. Higginbottom worked and who might have been forced to pay the family of the dead boy damages if the case were permit: ted to rest with an employe of their guilty of the murder fought the case thru the supreme court of the state and got a new trial and Higginbottom was acquitted. Tabert was arrested for “stealing”} a ride on a freight train here afd was sentenced to sixty days in jail. He was leased to a lumber company and while working in their camp was beaten so badly by Higginbottom that he died. The defense committee of the I, W°'W. hearing of his case and with the)aid of his family in North Dakota had his death investigated. The state ‘legislature of North Da- kota asked that the guilty parties be punished. Theit resolution was sent to the étate legislature of Florida and an ‘investigating committee after taking téstimhony reported that the use of the lash should be abolished. Noth- ing was’'safd of the real evil—the leasing of convicts to private lumber and turpentine firms. A special grand jury was called and indicted’ 'Higginbottom. He and oth- ers were’tried and he was found guilty: The lumber company for whom he'had acted in beating Tabert to’ death was not even reprimanded. They fought his case and secured a retrial»and he was freed, In the meanwhile there is a law against the use of the lash on leased convicts but no way to enforce it since the: fellows charged with the enforce- ment of the law are the same ones who» still-“beat hell out of” the con- viets: to-get the last ounce of work from them. The evil will continue till some other poor devil is beaten to death. If he has friends who can fight for him there will be more in- igations, But, if he is a friend- less hobo or a “nigger” he will be buried in quick lime as Tabert was and that will be that. PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on . all their dental work, ..DR. RASNICK soe §=6DENTISS 645 Smithfield Street, convention contained in THESES 1113 WwW. Washington Blvd. The Second Year of the Workers (Communist) Party of America Report of the Central Executive Committee to the Third National Convention PROGRAM 50 CENTS The Daily Worker Publishing Co. EXPENSE BILL IS HYPOCRISY PROOF Blunts His Attacks on the Progressives (Continued from page 1) posing him, and his threat of expul- sion to Tumulty. Fight fo# Miners, For many years these four men, Thompson, Watt, Parry, and Tumulty, have been the out¥tanding opponents of the Farrington machine, and the champions of the rank and file of the Illinois miners;’ ‘They have consis- tently fought for the miners against the combined efforts of Farington and the coal operatéfs. Their work has become so effedtive that Farrington, feeling his pesitfon' slipping from him, resorts to the ‘iethod of expulsions and threats in hh’ ‘insane attempt to stop the exposé’ It fs a well known fact in Tilidéis that Thompson and Watt are thd miners’ hope for eb district Sie’ in the next Illi: nois miners’ ut‘¢r’ electiras. Dua "to Fakers, Farrington now declares the Educa- tional Committdées ‘to be dual. Far- rington is a lidar. We are not any surprised or wofried at any thing Far- yngton says about dual unions: We have come to kiow that what Farring- ton says is agdinst the union must be good for it. Any miner having a thot of his own, and not in bondage to the machine is “dual” in the eyes of the faker, We organized the unemployment councils to help care for the starving children of the miners when Farring- ton had refused to do so, They were declared dual, so was the Progressive Miners committee declared dual after Farrington saw he could not use it as part of his machine. Now the educa- tional league is “dual” because its members are exposing the fakers to the miners. Blood Letting. Farrington states the attempt to send Watt and'Thompson around thé state “A brazen attempt to bleed you of your hard @drhed money and has never before beén attempted in Illi- nois.” This statément shows the gall and brazennes#’ bf the faker. The proposed trip of Watt and, Thompson would cost the°miners of their sub- districts a few ‘éénts each and the re- quest for voluntary subscriptions for that purpose is #iitirely constitutional. That request’ &fid method of secur- ing money is ifi®great contrast with the method used by’ Farrington him- self. A few exéinples’ of the’ manner that. Ferrin is given below, and no doubt. will interesting Tead- ing to the out id tilners,” Enough Expe: ji to Circle World. The district expense account for the last ‘three monfts of 1924 shows that Farrington drew*two salaries while the miners’ wiv¥é$ and children were starving! His 'sklary and expenses are shown on page 14 of Nesbit’s re- port as follows” ! Salary $2,550.00, Hotel, $673.00." Train Fai faa Livery Total ecpehk $1,406.29. Total, with ‘salaries, $3,956.29, or approximately” '$4,000.000. For the first three months of this year the following figures are shown in Nesbit’s report of Farrington's fat graft: Salary, $1,062.50. Hotel, $534.00. Train Fare, $651.65, Livery, $74.50. Total Expenses for © $1,260.15. 4 With Salaries, $2,322.65. For Six Months. Outside the above, Farrington charged $951.38 for telegrams while traveling, besides the large amount while not traveling. All, a total for the last six months that has been only partially explained"Oof $6,830.32, or ap- proximately $7,000:00 the“illitiols min- ers have paid durihg the six months period for the luxtiry of having Far- rington in office. © Tomorrow I will tél! of other details quarter, jot Farrington's finatices. al o Understa The full progress of the Communist moventént in this ; jeountry in the past year (which will be fully,§immed up “in the coming convention)—get the full reportsef the last nd vitls 0" Je RESOLUTIONS ob Mey cae mis smasbbasied, ete AG ee i Ge ia tb Page Five BUILDERS AT WORK TAKE A TIP FRO In Philadelphia, under the Agent Lena Rosenberg, WORKER—and equal effort i splendid work M ALIVE WIRE capable leadership of City for the DAILY n books and pamphlets and general propaganda work are being obtained. Comrade Sam Weisberg has been one of those whose good work is a large part of the reason for this success— and is also the first Builder to r he does it. ‘espond to tell others just how He puts Somes of his ‘<nethods in these few words: SOME OF THE EASIEST WAYS By SAMUEL WEINBERG In the wee or in the Union my best argument is the R. DAILY WORK | manage to have clippings of articles pertaining to my trade and hand them out to my prospects to make the way clear for a su they read the best articles ever come.across right there or else b. | find less resistance after written in a newspaper. They they ask to see a copy or so. When | oblige them his only excuse might be that he is not prepared with money. For which | usually trust him. They are all glad to pay after they get the first copies of the DAILY WORKER. WHO’S NEXT? Tell the Builders At Work and what you feel are the very best methods. Column just how you do it— It doesn’t matter whether you are an Agent or rank-and-file Builder. Send it to BUILDERS AT WORK COLUMN, ington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. 1113 W. Wash- BIG PROFIT IN HAWAIIAN SUGAR MAY ACCOUNT FOR TRUST’S FEAR OF COMMUNISM IN THE BARRACKS By LELAND OLDS ated in the sugar mills. (Federated Press | ndustrial Editor) Cash dividends averaging 18 per cerit paid by 16 Hawaiian sugar com- panies in 1924, not to,mention huge undivided profits expected to’ produce stock dividends, bear witness to the successful protection of sugar million- aires afforded by the republican tariff. The tariff protects corporations ex- ploiting the island possessions of the American empire as well as those ex- ploiting peon labor in the beet sugar fields at home, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar .Co., in 1924 paid 24 per cent cash dividend in addition showed a surplus of $5,-4——- 225,507, equal to more than 50 per cent of its capital. The $2,400,000 paid in dividends is 2-3 again as large as the entire average profit of pre-war years. Oahu Sugar Co, paid 18 per cent dividends on its -.$6,000,000 capital} stock. and closed the.year with a sur- plus of $6,695,000. «This surplus ex- ceeds the whole value “of the capital stock. The $1,080,000°distributed pee the owners in*cash 1s'87% per cent | more than the entire profit average of pre-war years. Get Away With the Swag. | Ewa Plantation Co. paid 28 per cent on $4,000,000 capital stock, a! cash distribution of $1,120,000, ap- | proximately 2% times the average pre-war profit. The surplus was $3,- | 073,000. | Hawaiian Sugar paid 24 per cent | dividends on a $3,000,000 capital and finished the year with a surplus of $1,376,382. These are typical results for 1924 shown by members of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association, Any one reading the Coolidge apology for refusing to reduce the sugar tariff | would expect similar prosperity | among the “protected” wage earners. Japanese Struck. The plantation work is being done by Filipinos whom the association is importing by thousands. Tens of j thousands of Japanese workers were imported prior to 1920 for plantation work, but they finally struck against the peon conditions and the owners had to look elsewhere for strikebreak- ers. A request to congress for permis- sion to import Chinese for this pur- pose was refused on the ground that an adequate supply existed in the Philippine Islands under the Amert- ean flag. Filipinos Won't Scab, Either. Recentl¥ the Filipinos also struck but the planters’ association, accord- ing to the Wall Street Journal, can still import plenty for $1 a day and keep. The policy is to tessen the like- ithood of strikes by drawing these workers from different tribes. It ‘is easy for the corporations to break a strike because the workers live in company houses, on company prop- erty and are dependent on the com- rany for their subsistence. Previously imported Japanese and Chinese and their children predomin- War “Welfare” Expensive. An amusing sidelight on this ex- ploitation is found in the govern- ment reports on cost of sugar produc- tion during the war. Government in- Trade Union Un TODAY—get your local union vestigators found that one Hawaiian company raised its expenditure for welfare work from about 30 cents to over $11 per employe to escape the excess profits tax. Probably the in- terest in welfare has taken a slump since the repeal of the tax “Black Jack” Off for South America. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 21.— Gen. John J. Pershing ts on his way to Tacna to head tHe plebiscite there. teenie A tls The best argul ent for world is RUSSIA take a bundle, the biggest producer in the islands, Ss on its $10,000,000 “7 stock and Izvestia Changes Editors, MOSCOW—(By Mail)—In compli- ance with his own request, Stekloff | has been relieved of his functions of editor of the Izvestia by the Presidium | of the Central Executive. Committee of the U. S. S. R., which has ap- pointed Professor Stepaned-Skvortzoff as editor, and Volin as assistant edi- tor. PITTSBURGH, PA., | NEEDLE UNIONS PICNIC SUNDAY |All Workers Iivited to | Glad Big Time PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 21—Needle Trade Unions will hold a great gather- ing and picnic at E. G. Schwarzwalder Farm, Anderson Road, Glenshaw, Pa., Sunday, July 26 1926 Take Millvale car No. 3 at Pennsyl- vania Station to the end of the line, the signs*Will lead you to the place. Good union music will entertain you the whole day. Also good’ speakers will be on the ground. Refreshments will be provided by the committee. All trade unions are invited to take part at this gathering’ Admission 35 cents. The Joint Arrangement Committee Local 131 J. T, U, Local 86 A. C. W. U. Two Workers Killed in Quarry. NEW ALBANY, Ind., July 21.—Two men were killed and six injured, four seriously, in a dynamite explosion at the Wolfe Bros. stone quarry near here today. The dead: C. C. Pate, 36, white, and Richard Robinson, 25, Negro. Your Union Meeting Second Wednesday, July 22, 1925, Name of, Local and Place No. of Meeting. Blacksmiths’ District Council, 119 S. Throop 3t. 1 Boller Makers, Monroe and Racine. 10 Carpenters, 1? Garfield Bivd. 21 Carpenters, Western and Lexing- ton. 242 Carpenters, 5443 S. Ashland Ave. 1693 Carpenters, 505 S. State St. 1784 Carpenters, 1638 N. Halsted St. H. Fehling, Rec. Sec’y., 2263 Grace St. Irving 7597. Carpenters, 6414 S. Halsted St. Carpenters, 1581 Maple Ave., Evan- ston, Ill. 181 Coopers, 8901 Escanaba Ave. $3 Hod Garriers, 1352 W. Division St. 562 Hod Carriers, 810 W. Harrison St. 4 Jewelry Workers, 19 W. Adams St. 104 Ladies’ Garment Workers, 322 W. Van Buren Street. Marine Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. 126 Machinists, 113 S. Ashland Blvd 524 fAachinists, 735 N. Cicero Ave. 375 Maintenance of Way, 426 W. 63rd St. 54 Painters, Sherman & Main Sts., Evanston, il. ers, 910,W. Monroe St. y Carmen Dist. Council, 8448 hiand Avi 697 Raliway Carmen, 6444 Wentworth Railway Carmen, 5445 Ashland Ave. 219 Railway Trainmen, 426 W. 63rd St., 7:30 p. | 11 Roofe 777 W. Adams St. 73 Sheet Metal, 714 W. Viarehoon st. 485 Mar Met: 5824 S$. Halsted St. m. 1922 2507 753 Teamsters, 175 W. Washington St. 759 hho spe (Meat), 220 S. Ashland 769 bir = ag (Bone), 6959 S. Hal , Stres 13046 Tuckpointers, 810 W. Harrison St. 924 Tunnel and Subway Workers, 914 W. Harrison St. Note—Unie: otherwise stated all BROOKLYN, N. Meat Market 4301 8th Avenue Y., ATTENTION! CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY Restaurant IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONSUMER. Bakery deliveries made to your home. FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, Inc, (Workers organized as consumers) Brooklyn, N. Y. Of the Greatest Propaganda Value On Saturday, July 25, the first instalment of RUSSIA TODAY will be printed. This official report of the British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia, covering every phase of Soviet Life as it is today, is just the thing to take to the trade union meetings; for the shop; for the street meetings and every possible place where most workers can be reached. RUSSIA TODAY is not writ- ten by Communists. It is the official report of British trade union leaders and ex- perts, an honest picture of Russia as they have seen it, written in a dignified im- partial manner—but form- ing the most exhaustive study of life under Soviet rule ever made, Place your order on this blank— For Everyday That Your Union Meets THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, III. Enclosed find §.... . fora bundles of .. of July 26. Send bundle Of wo. copies of the issue Copies every week to reach me STREET: .... CITY: .... STATE: .....